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Good to Know - Business Class Flights to Cape Town

Low season

September

High season

December

Average price round-trip

$4,988
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 9% increase in price.
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When to book business class flights to Cape Town

Are your dates flexible? We break down the daily and monthly prices for business class flights to Cape Town, so you can find the best time to fly.
Average price per month
To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for business class flights to Cape Town, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all the values for each month.
Flight prices as travel date approaches
To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for business class flights to Cape Town, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.

FAQs for Cape Town business class flights

  • Which airlines have group seats for business-class flights to Cape Town?

    Most airlines that offer business-class flights to Cape Town (CPT) have the flexibility to accommodate groups of passengers traveling together. For instance, Emirates is known for its spacious business-class cabins, and families can usually book adjacent seats to ensure they are seated together during the flight.

  • Which airline has the best business-class amenities on flights to Cape Town?

    Consider booking Virgin Atlantic when traveling on business-class flights to Cape Town. The airline's Upper Class (business class) features innovative seats with a herringbone layout, offering direct aisle access and ample privacy. The airline provides a stylish, modern in-flight experience and a well-regarded entertainment system.

  • Which airlines provide flat-bed seats for business-class flights to Cape Town?

    Qatar Airways, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, and British Airways offer flat-bed seats for business-class flights to Cape Town. The seats provide a spacious and comfortable sleeping area, allowing passengers to rest and sleep more naturally and relaxed during long-haul flights to Cape Town. This can help reduce fatigue and jet lag, making the journey more enjoyable.

  • Which airlines allow seat upgrades to business class using their loyalty program for flights to Cape Town?

    Turkish Airlines and Etihad Airways often have loyalty programs where frequent flyers can use their accumulated miles or points to upgrade their seats to business class. The number of miles or points required for an upgrade may depend on the fare class of the original ticket and the availability of business-class seats.

  • How long is a flight to Cape Town?

    Flights from Maputo2h 30m
    Flights from Istanbul11h 07m
    Flights from Amsterdam11h 22m
    Flights from Port Elizabeth1h 17m
    Flights from Frankfurt am Main11h 46m
  • What is the most popular airline offering Business Class flights to Cape Town?

    Among KAYAK users, American Airlines is the most popular airline offering Business Class seats on flights to Cape Town.

  • How much is a Business Class ticket to Cape Town?

    The price of a Business Class flight ticket to Cape Town varies greatly based on its origin. From Johannesburg, the cost generally starts at $217, whereas Business Class travelers from Maputo pay around $1,994.

  • Which airlines offer Business Class tickets on flights to Cape Town?

    Traveling to Cape Town and want to offer yourself a Business Class experience? Depending on the origin, the following airlines offer seats in Business Class: American Airlines, United Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa.

  • How does KAYAK find such good deals on Business Class tickets to Cape Town?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Cape Town for economy class as well as Business Class travelers.

  • What is the best airline for business class flights to Cape Town?

    The highest-rated airline by KAYAK users offering business class flights to Cape Town is Delta, with an overall rating of 8.0.

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Top tips for finding business class flights to Cape Town

  • British Airways, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic provide amenity kits for passengers on business-class flights to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to enhance their in-flight experience. Usually, such kits include toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, mouthwash, facial moisturizer, lip balm, eye mask, and earplugs) and skincare products (lotion and facial wipes).
  • Consider booking business-class flights to Cape Town to enjoy priority disembarkation, allowing you to be among the first to leave the aircraft and proceed through immigration and customs. Your baggage will be tagged separately and handled with priority, meaning your luggage is among the first to be offloaded from the aircraft and available for pickup at the baggage carousel.
  • Major airlines offer seat selection services for business-class flights to Cape Town, including South African Airways, British Airways, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, and Lufthansa. By selecting your seats in advance, business-class passengers can choose seats that suit your preferences, such as window or aisle seats, or seats with extra legroom.
  • Several airlines have lounges at Cape Town Airport. Emirates Airlines operates the Emirates Lounge at the international terminal (inside security), adjacent to Gate A3. The British Airways Galleries Lounge is at the international terminal, beyond the Terminal Concourse, after Gate A3, opposite Gate A4. These facilities have shower facilities and complimentary refreshments, Wi-Fi, and charging stations.
  • Several airlines, including Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Singapore Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Lufthansa, offer dedicated workspace options in their business-class flights to Cape Town (CPT). These workspaces have comfortable seats, a large table, and connectivity options to allow passengers to work efficiently during the flight.
  • The most expensive day to fly Business Class to Cape Town is Saturday, while the cheapest is Wednesday.
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Top 5 airlines flying to Cape Town

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Cape Town. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United States to Cape Town. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly business class to Cape Town? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3963 reviews
7.9Food
8.2Boarding
8.1Comfort
8.3Crew
8.3Entertainment
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we bought trip insurance from you and could not use it. 'underrated' only return 50 % of trip cost. my doctor told me i have stage 4 cancer and that I might not live till the end of the month..

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, May 2024EWR - ATH
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we bought trip insurance from you and could not use it. 'underrated' only return 50 % of trip cost. my doctor told me i have stage 4 cancer and that I might not live till the end of the month..

Flight got canceled without any prior information and it caused lot of trouble

Staff were friendly, and provided great service. The food was plentiful and delicious. Food could have been hotter.

I was traveling business purposes and I only had one carry on and a personal computer back pack . My carry on was 8.5 kg little more than allowable. At jfk airport check in they did not let me carry it . I was little disappointed.

More leg room and comfortable seats at least for long flights

The entertainment selections are amazing. But the live TV is sometimes spotty. If you’re going to have it, then have it. If you can’t make it consistent, then, perhaps it’s better not to have it. The crew are always cordial when approached, but they seem to do the minimum and sit around, talking to each other in the back of the plane during the flight. I realize that delays are not always predictable, but I missed my flight in Dubai because we left 90 minutes late from Washington. I will say that Emirates took very good care of me in Dubai. But I would rather not be delayed.

Probably the best flight I’ve ever been on. Emirates first class is leagues beyond British airways and Lufthansa’s.

Great flight. Comfortable seats, courteous service, and excellent selection for entertainment.

Serving food took so long . Almost time close to lend. Plus during landing air pressure in cabin cuss ear blocked took long time to unblock.

Emirates is usually on time, but not this trip. Also, during the flight the attendants disappear unless called upon. Very strange. I have watched the quality of Emirates service diminish over the last five years.

Absolutely nothing flight was cancelled and delayed for 2 days. Barely a heads up I want a full refund

The plane from SNA wouldn’t start after 5 tries. The team gave me an option of flying direct from LAX and giving me a Lyft ride there! Perfect!

Best airline! Always friendly and welcoming. Skyclub was great and loved the fast free wifi on board. I also love that you can pre-order your meal on the app!

Atlanta boarding crew at gate were filled with arrogance and were disrespectful. In flight crew showed indifference to the needs of passengers. This is about the flight from ATL to BDL.

The plane was FREEZING SEATS UNCOMFORTABLE Otherwise smooth Thank you

Boarding was chaotic. I didn’t finish dinner because I went to bed early. Breakfast omelet was overcooked and tasteless but croissant was better than usual. Plane was dirty—crumbs in every seam and lavatory was poorly maintained (paint peeling, etc.) and toilet paper had not been refreshed before takeoff. No cubby for storage in first and seat was narrow.

Boarding was somewhat chaotic. Unable to evaluate crew or food/drink because captain kept them seated due to turbulence. Have no idea if entertainment was offered.

West Jet has a horrible boarding process and the seats have no cushion.

Everything went smoothly. I didn’t like that when I booked in the main cabin my wife and I weren’t seated together. One would think when booking on an option that allows picking your seat. They would put you and your travel partner together. Had to call to get it sorted. They did fix.

The gate area was incredibly short staffed, with one representative manning 4-5 flights, which caused a 3 hr delay in boarding even though the plane was all ready to leave. Other flights also were delayed because of this. The flight crew was awesome and I feel bad for the only gate worker on call, but Delta needs to hire more employees.

The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

The flight was again delayed for more then 2 hours with some lousy explanation regarding the reason of the delay. Although the flight was delayed for more than 2 hours, no refreshments were offered (according to EU regulations). Last 4 flights on KLM - always at least 2 hrs late. So be prepared that you cannot plan anything with KLM.

The flight was delayed for 2 hrs. Because they didn’t have a crew to fly. And it is not a first time for klm to do that. Last time they cancelled my filght and rebooked me 3 days later. Not reliable airline

We left one hour late because of technical difficulties. The economy comfort seats are great for the price. The crew was mediocre, they do not provide a pleasant experience, they just deliver food and drinks and give orders, not very amicable, no service and hospitality focus.

Booked connecting flights with KlM. My serving flight was the furthest part of the airport. On arrival in Zurich. My two cases arrived but only one carry on belong to my son. His three suitcase didn't arrive. After enquiring we discovered they were still in Amsterdam. We landed at 11.12. We eventually left the airport just after one.

Seats are fair enough for medium tall people. Good food all the trip. Fight attendances are warm

I thought KLM was the best airline but the Lima - Amsterdam was 1 hours late, the Brussels - Amsterdam was 2.30 hours late and the Amsterdam - Lima was 30 minutes late

Overall a good experience. We were disappointed when we had to check our carry on due to the plane being full. KLM hadn’t notified us and we had valuable items in the carry on but they still made us check it. Some of the food was great and some was mediocre. Crew is really kind and funny.

One of the vstewardeses wanted to bump me of the plane for absolutely nothing. There is CCTV in the plane ans everything can be verified. Very disappointing , you all will see, o other 5 years and the passangers who does not smile to flight attendent will be bumped off...

The worst airline. Cancelled flight 30 min before boarding and rebooked on flight after 3 days.

We had issues with upgrading our seats. The flight itself was fine.

Horrible experience. They "GAME" with seats they decided to play where you can`t select or get seat during check-in without paying and then forcing you to stay long line at the Customer Service at the gate to get a boarding ticket with seat assigned is pathetic. Will never fly with United again!

So terrible. They would not rebook me for a flight until 2 days. I had to spend so much money to get my own flight. They were rude and not helpful.

Overall a good experience, the flight was on time, the crew very attentive and friendly. However the seats are too cramped, there is no space, and as soon as the person in front reclines the seat, it's literally in your face.

Bag lost. Lost bag recovery process is an unsatisfying customer experience. Because 1) bag is still lost but also 2) the process is outdated and form-heavy and 3) in our case also involved a long line.

Wheelchair was the excellent service. I didn’t have any food or used entertainment. Overall for my trip experience was excellent. Thank you very much and keep up good work. Best regards

We were very impressed with Swiss Air. The service was exceptional. Unfortunately, we had a baby behind us that screamed for hours. , It was a nightmare, though I completely understand that it was not Swiss Airs fault.

We had to move to terminal 5 for the next part of our trip. Very un-organized and difficult.

Missed connecting train since flight was late into Zurich and I had to stay at airport hotel because of it as well as I had to repurchase train ticket

Cons: "Flight was completely full and certain passengers were belligerent about wearing face masks. The cabin crew did not enforce mask wearing, stating “we are not the police”"

Operated by American Airlines. Very chaotic and the crew was bit rough responding any enquiries. Restricted leg space.. Qatar would have been better

Qatar airways from Doha to guangzhau was excellent big bird Boeing 777 more room and smoothly flight, I Love it

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

The made us waiting and held our passports and boarding pass making us miss our flights

Not impressed. Only allowed one carry on on such a long flight.

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

Bad experience with the delay n long wait time for connecting flight after missing the connection flight from Doha.

Wore experience due to delay and took me 3 days to reach my destination.

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

Excellent will be flying again in May with Qatar. to Botswana.

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Recent round-trip business class deals

 
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$2,885
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$3,327
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49h 45mEWR-CPT
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$3,611
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36h 30mJFK-CPT
$3,794
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52h 29mJFK-CPT
$3,848
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$3,932
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$3,966
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$4,454
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$4,499
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$4,503
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Flights to Cape Town

Destination:

Cape Town Intl (CPT)South Africa

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Cape Town Intl - United States

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